10 most amazing events that happened just once in history

You can’t even imagine how much amazing things can happen in our vast world at this very moment, but you can always look into history and see what unimaginable events have happened before. For example, there was a time when the Mississippi River in North America turned back and moved in the opposite direction. However, this happened as much as three times, and truly stunning phenomena are those that are still unique, those that actually happened only once only in history and are unlikely to ever happen again!

Comet West, 1976

Comet West revolves around our luminary with an approximate frequency of once every 250 thousand years. And just imagine how rare a chance was presented to the inhabitants of the Earth in 1976, when they were able to see a celestial object as well as visible, say, Jupiter.

The strongest geomagnetic storm, 1859

Richard Carrington, an astronomer from Britain, recorded an outbreak on Solonetz on September 1, 1859, causing an unusually powerful geomagnetic storm. Events led to the failure of all telegraph networks in Europe and North America, and people watched the northern lights around the world, even over the Caribbean islands. Moreover, the radiance was so bright that many residents woke up, thinking that it was already morning.

Destruction of smallpox, 1979

Blackpox is a terrifying disease that claimed about 2 million lives each year. And in 1967, mankind decided to set the cherished goal: once and for all to get rid of the terrible virus. It took more than ten years to eradicate, and in 1979 the disease was officially declared completely eradicated. Unfortunately, so far this disease is the only one from which people managed to free themselves.

Get closer to Uranus and Neptune

Only two planets, Uranus and Neptune, belong to the class of ice giants in our solar system. Thanks to the Voyager 2 spacecraft launched in 1977, people were able to reach both ice giants, and this is the only case.

Capture of warships by cavalry, 1795

For the cavalry, along with the infantry, to capture a fleet of 14 battleships with 850 guns - the same thing is simply impossible! However, this still was true - only once, of course. In January 1795, the winter in the Netherlands turned out to be frosty, which is why the Dutch fleet, anchored near Amsterdam, literally froze into ice-bound water. And enterprising Frenchmen took the opportunity to capture the enemy.

Disclosure of the underwater secrets of the Hebrides, 2013

In 2013, an unmanned underwater module was launched, which managed to descend into deep underwater ditches near the New Hebri Islands, stretching for 7 kilometers. During this expedition, man first saw the mysterious underwater world of deep-sea trenches.

A man who could recover from AIDS

In history, there is only one single case when a person managed to completely recover from the immunodeficiency virus. Such a person was Timothy Brown, who received a bone marrow transplant from a donor with a genetic mutation that makes immune cells resistant to infection. Sophisticated treatment has virtually destroyed Timothy's immune system, but is nonetheless HIV-negative today.

Dry Niagara Falls, 1969

Niagara Falls is the most powerful in North America. However, in the summer of 1969 such a thing could not be said about him. As a result of erosion control, the waterfall remained completely dry for several months.

South Atlantic Hurricane

For the North Atlantic, severe storms are not uncommon, but hurricanes do not occur in the South Atlantic. With the exception of 2004, when Hurricane Katarina came here, still considered the only tropical cyclone to visit the southern Atlantic.

Beer flood, 1814

Thanks to the Tottenham Court Road brewery in London in October 1814, there was a real risk, literally, of drowning in beer. After all, the tank that exploded at the brewery led to the fact that 1.5 million liters of the foamy drink rushed onto the street. The beer wave turned out to be so strong that it ruined buildings. During the beer accident killed 9 people.